moderate
1 day
Moderate physical fitness required; riders should be comfortable on uneven terrain
Elevate your mountain biking skills at Coldwater Mountain with this focused clinic. Perfect for riders ready to improve technique and confidence on technical trails, set in one of Alabama's premier biking destinations.
October 11th
Join our fundamentals clinic to enhance your mountain biking skills and ride with confidence! Over two days, you'll learn essential techniques like body positioning, trail braking, and cornering, followed by hands-on practice on diverse trails. Connect with fellow riders and celebrate your progress at a fun meet and greet!
Our fundamentals clinic is appropriate for all skills and abilities. It’s the ‘foundation’ of mountain biking.
Join other participants and your Dynamic Cycling coaches at a local venue for a meet and greet.
It’s all about becoming a more dynamic rider. We start by dialing in the fundamentals.
• Stability through proper body position and developing our range of motion.
• Operational controls learning how to modulate our brakes while on trail (trail braking),
• Emergency stopping techniques
• Proper shifting techniques.
• Cadence and vision and how to read a trail.
• We continue to build on these fundamentals as we learn our ‘ACE’ gear, reading the trail with the ‘now and next; and introduce maneuvers such as a ‘peek n push’ and cornering.
• We end our morning session on different types of corners; applying the fundamentals we learned. We further develop proper body position and angulating the bike, modulating our speed and looking through corners.
We hit the trails!!! Practicing what learned. Sessioning features on trail is essential to becoming a better rider. • We find features that we can allow us to further develop our fundamental skills; rock gardens, rock rollers & steeps, technical climbs/descents, and more! • We practice cornering on trail; Using the different style corners available on trail and how to flow through corners without braking.
We finish back in the parking lot to wrap up the day. After our wrap up we head back to the meet and greet location to have a toast with our new riding buddies.
On trail coaching and sessioning is dependent on the trail network and features available.
Join the clinic in the morning to take advantage of cooler temps and better trail conditions.
Ensure your suspension and tires are tuned for technical terrain before the session.
Bring plenty of water and take short breaks to stay fresh throughout the day.
Yield to uphill riders and be respectful on shared trails.
Coldwater Mountain's trail system was developed in the early 2000s by local biking advocates, transforming the area into a regional powerhouse for mountain biking.
The trail network emphasizes sustainability, using erosion control techniques and native materials to preserve the area's natural beauty.
Protect your head during technical riding sections.
Improve grip and protect hands on rugged terrain.
Carry water easily during the full day of riding.
Make quick repairs or adjustments on the trail if needed.